2022 United States Senate elections

2022 United States Senate elections

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35 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate 51 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Chuck Schumer Mitch McConnell Party Democratic Republican Leader's seat New York Kentucky Seats before 48[a][b] 50 Seats after 49 49 Seat change 1 1 Seats up 14 21[c] Races won 15 20   Third party   Party Independent Seats before 2[a] Seats won 0 Seats after 2 Seat change Seats up 0
Results of the elections:      Democratic gain      Democratic hold      Republican hold      No election Rectangular inset (Oklahoma): both seats up for election
Majority Leader before election Chuck Schumer Democratic Elected Majority Leader Chuck Schumer Democratic

The 2022 United States Senate elections were held on November 8, 2022. Thirty-five of one hundred seats in the United States Senate were contested in regular elections. The winners of these elections will do six-year terms from January 3, 2023 to January 3, 2029. Senators are divided into three groups, or classes. Class 3 Senators were last elected in 2016. Another set of Class 3 Senators were elected in 2022. 5 Republicans and 1 Democrat decided to retire before the elections.

After the elections, 51 members of the Senate will vote with the Democratic Party. 49 members of the Senate will vote with the Republican Party. This makes the Democrats the majority party. The Democratic Party gained one Senate seat, in Pennsylvania.^[1]
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1. ↑ Gibson, Brittany; Allison, Natalie (December 6, 2022). "2022 Georgia election results: Warnock beats Walker in Georgia, padding Dems' Senate edge". POLITICO.